• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Because she was a useful idiot for moneyed interests with nothing better to do than hit fundraiser meetings, so the PhD educated social worker with fifty clients never had a chance. Like, what you’re saying is true, but what they’re saying about barriers being too high is also very much true.

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      4 months ago

      Basically if you’re willing to kiss the right rings, the barrier is not too high.

      If you intend to be a populist and serve the broad interests of most of your constituents, the barrier to entry is sky high.